Re: First Post : Fighting inner demons : Solo ride : Devbhoomi(UK),Rishikesh

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Re: First Post : Fighting inner demons : Solo ride : Devbhoomi(UK),Rishikesh

Thank you mods for the speedy approval,
And it is my pleasure to be here, among like minded people.

Now lets resume the story.

A very funny thing happend in Haridwar, as my PUC has expired 2 days back, so i thought i'll do it enroute to Rishikesh, but couldn't find a single PUC agent.
The place where I stopped, was in front of haridwar police station. Hence the place had some cops strolling outside, talking on the phone etc.
So i asked a cop where can I find a PUC agent here, and he said "u won't find it around here, u will get it at Rishikesh bus depot". But as it was a little away from the NH, I asked if there was any other agent. The reply was very shocking, he said" are sir kyu pareshan ho rahe ho, aapke paas to helmet hai, yaha pe bike wale se koi PUC nahi poochta, wo to commercial gariyo k liye chahiye hota hai, aap befikr jao".
And the happy me, started the bike and continued towars rishikesh.[emoji11]

Entering rishikesh city is a PITA. Its utter chaotic, still better than Meerut, I think.

And riding through it, is a different ball game.
Here u will find a different type of traffic. The roads are narrow. Buses,trucks,cabs, 2 wheelers, 3 wheelers, pedestrians, cows. Urgh !!

As scooters and motorcycles are available on rent here, a tourist can easily get his or her hands on a two wheeler here. But the horror starts after that, some are not experienced enough to ride on hilly roads, some are hard core squids and hell some people cant even move with the slow moving traffic and hence, small accidents are a common place here. You always have to be alert and pray to god that he keeps u safe.

And the day being a sunday it was more conjested.
Anyways got out of the city and continued towards the Neelkanth Mahadev Temple.

Some photos enroute to the temple.

10:10AM : Reached the temple, freshened up. It took some time to do the pooja, due to the long queue (As again it was a sunday).

11:00 AM : Got out of the temple and had my lunch in small food joint, near the temple premises.

11:30: Left for my hostel.

In the return leg stopped for numerous breaks.

Before Roorkee stopped to have the first sugarcane juice this year.

And before Muzaffarnagar saw a group of bikers from Maharashtra, followed them as they were riding in a formation and maintaining good speed.

5:05PM : reached hostel safely.

But as I am writing this after 4 days of my trip, my mind is searching for another opportunity to do a solo trip. I guess, such is the beauty of solo ride. I guess, next solo ride will b to Mussoorie, Kempty Falls.
Ye dil mange more

Re: First Post : Fighting inner demons : Solo ride : Devbhoomi(UK),Rishikesh

Hi Subhrangsu, welcome to xBhp!

That's a nice write-up there. Just need to take care of few punctuation - will get better with more write-ups.

Re: First Post : Fighting inner demons : Solo ride : Devbhoomi(UK),Rishikesh

Sorry, I am pretty bad at writing. But plan to get better at it.[emoji1]

Re: First Post : Fighting inner demons : Solo ride : Devbhoomi(UK),Rishikesh

Kudos ... Next time ensure, your all DOC are there before starting the trip